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Andrew BarberCultureFilm Reviews/Hollywood
There was a time when film was a window into broader cultural conversations, even a form of common life. But that world has disappeared.
Derek KingCultureFilm Reviews/Hollywood
'Wake Up Dead Man' presents viewers with two competing accounts of strength, both of which can be found in Christian churches and social circles.
Samuel JamesFilm Reviews/HollywoodFormation
Many young men need to see heaven. They need a visitation from a future of hope they don’t currently have, the Ghost of Christmas Never.
Ryan ShinkelCultureFilm Reviews/Hollywood
Amongst the many who have tried to define what it means to be American, few have perhaps been as moving or influential as the filmmaker Frank Capra.
Jake MeadorFilm Reviews/Hollywood
'Daredevil: Born Again' brought back some of the characters and action of the Netflix series, but it lost the moral heart that made the original great.
Erik CoonceFilm Reviews/HollywoodLiterature
'Dune' offers a powerful account of evil and an often realistic account of our failings, but does it leave us with anything solid to measure ourselves by?
Nicholas McDonaldFilm Reviews/Hollywood
Tim Burton's classic 'The Nightmare Before Christmas' is best understood as a disenchantment and reenchantment story.
Ross ByrdFilm Reviews/Hollywood
Disney's 2023 movie 'Wish' is best understood as a kind of inversion of a classic genie story with a deeply materialistic outlook.
Chris FogleFilm Reviews/Hollywood
The political contexts we live in inherently shape the way we relate to our neighbors and family.
Brian PellChurchFilm Reviews/Hollywood
The 2014 film 'Calvary' is a shocking and moving portrayal of forgiveness and pastoral care.
Jake MeadorCultureHealth & MedicineFilm Reviews/Hollywood
Two recent essays, one in New York and the other at The Free Press, further demonstrate how inhumane and starved for love our cultural moment truly is.
Adam CarringtonFilm Reviews/Hollywood
John Ford's forgotten western 'Three Godfathers' tells a haunting Christmas-themed story about sin and redemption and how a child brings restoration.